Blatch

Sailor Moon S1E3 (live) [something cool very likely coming this week]

Sailor Moon S1E2

Smiling Friends S2E5 (live) Regular Show S2E25/26 (live, 6/7/24)

Was able to catch the episode live today, and I enjoyed it. I even watched the two Regular Show episodes prior to it, as the prophecy foretold. If only Wedgie Ninja had been around to save them...

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 7 Birdie Wing -Golf Girls Story- 23 [but don't... bury me]

Idolm@ster Xenoglossia 5 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 6 Sailor Moon S1E1 Actually not a fun fact: save for a few Xenoglossia episodes, I haven't watched any anime outside of Toonami since March, which means that I've had basically no action on content ratings since then. That's going to change soon, but that's also what you'd expect. [hbd to the other gordo]

For anyone who hasn't heard: I feel like he'll be able to keep his composure, but at the same time, never say never.

One more day! I'm fairly hyped for this, and hopefully so are you. Interesting thing I noted looking at the schedule: do they usually lead with Regular Show on Fridays? Because that will be Rewind's first lead-in, and it seems like a nice fit to me.

I was going to make a joke about Linkara having a cameo in S3, but apparently he's not a fan of Doug getting his. Oh well, because this ep was more my speed compared to last week.

Smiling Friends S2E4 (live)

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2-5 Wonder why Xfinity doesn't have Episode 5 on VoD. I mean, I should probably always watch what I need to on the Roku app, given it seems to have fewer commercials. [this show kicks ass, by the way]

I would argue Smiling Friends is as well. I mean, it is for me right now. Who knows if that translates to ratings and cash flow. They still haven't premiered a new comedy show other than Royal Crackers since the WBD (which does flow better, IMO) merger, and that show has now aired two seasons! I don't know how long they're going to keep this up, but they need an infusion of fresh shows.

Ninja Kamui 11-13 (end) Idolm@ster Xenoglossia 4

Smiling Friends S2E3 (live) Didn't gel with me as much as the previous two of this season did (though this might've had to do with my overall mood, not that it was bad), but this show is still delightful. I have to imagine what Alan went through was even more awesome than Pim and Charlie's unseen adventure; my younger self didn't like that trope. Oh, wait, I just realized I could've put these in the other thread. Gotta try harder next time.

So, a few things: Desperate? If anything I think this is the opposite. Zaslav and friends must think the block is doing well enough to give them a little something extra. Although I have been wondering if they actually wanted to air Sailor Moon on Toonami proper, only for some cunning executive to come in and say "Actually, how about we try this?" So if they were desperate, they would've shoved these shows on the main block. Love the fact that they're using the 2012-era packaging for this. Bit of a tangent, but it's funny how I've never really gotten why they feel the need to change the packaging every year, but this current package has been used for two years now (since the merger, in fact, which probably explains it) and now I'm in the mood for a change. Would be nice if they could go back to prior graphics sets on the main block. DeMarco leaving Twitter is no big loss to me. I could do without all the negative posting about politics that shows up on my feed. My overall thoughts on this block: hell yeah. I'm at least tuning in for Sailor Moon.

Smiling Friends April Fool's Day block

Touhou Fantasy Kaleidoscope: The Memories of Phantasm Episodes 14 and 15: "The Youkai Mountain Battle Incident" [parts one and two] a.k.a. "The Battle of Youkai Mountain", heh [ten thousand creatures, none the same]

I mean, he can't for six of them.

So anyway, here's what I meant to type up earlier: I personally think the Gessoku Gear fights were a better idea in theory than execution. The show needed better physics to really make them feel weighty. I also feel that their introduction is a little backhanded, more of a way to keep the hot-blooded ninja action going while not blowing out the budget. At least Yamaji becoming the Lord of Lightning and gatekeep, gaslight, and ninjabossing Joe into thinking he let his wife and kid die were cool and fucked up, respectively. Sadly, while I figured this show was a slam dunk to to be Toonami's best original (Space Dandy doesn't count) at some point, now I'm not sure I can say that. I do like it more than Shenmue, but if pressed I'll admit that show is probably objectively better. Too bad about the whole "no ending, plus you can't legally watch the dub" thing.

I'll give Warners this much: if this had happened a year ago, they probably would've cancelled and written off the show without saying a word. It'll be interesting to see if this will be their new strategy for shows that would otherwise be deleted forever. I mean, I imagine if the show isn't popular enough, they'll just write it off, but they also haven't written off anything recently, so... Housing Complex C hasn't been written off, and I don't think anyone would shed a tear if they did. You're being too pessimistic.

I was spooked enough to buy Duck Game ahead of its purported delisting, but this is cool news.

Actually, turns out I was already taping it... only now my old recordings have been deleted. Thanks, mom. So were my Zom 100 recordings, though I can catch up on those via VOD. Weirdly, the last two LycoReco episodes are still there.

You're just exactly perfect on the first point:

This has actually been a long time coming: I bought the DVDs in late 2018, but it took me until now to watch them, which was on a whim. But it also doesn't hurt that I don't have to rate the show myself given you're doing it in the thread. I was curious to see how you'd react to this. I think it'd be weird to take over rating the show from someone else, so how about this: you can keep doing the descriptions at your own pace even after I pass you. If nothing else, we can at least compare our ratings afterward; I assume mine will be different, and maybe not as good. Idolm@ster Xenoglossia 2/3

He's got another one coming out later this year. Maybe it'll have another video and Toonami will be a repeat customer?